Exam 13: Investor Behavior and Capital Market Efficiency

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. Consider the price paths of the following stocks over a six-month period: None of these stocks pay dividends. -Assume that you are an investor with the disposition effect and you bought each of these stocks in January.Suppose that it is currently the end of March,which stocks are you most inclined to hold? 1.Taggart Transcontinental 2.Rearden Metal 3.Wyatt Oil 4.Nielson Motors

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Question 21

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Question 22

Use the equation for the question(s)below.Consider the following factor specification: E[Rs] - rf = (E[RMkt] - rf)+ E[RSMB] + E[RHML] + E[RPR1 YR] -The term measures the sensitivity of the securities' returns to:

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Question 23

Use the figure for the question(s)below.Consider the following graph of the security market line: -Which of the following statements regarding portfolio "C" is/are correct? 1.Portfolio "C" has a negative alpha. 2.Portfolio "C" is overpriced. 3.Portfolio "C" is less risky than the market portfolio. 4.Portfolio "C" should not exist if the market portfolio is efficient.

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Question 24

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. All amounts are in millions. -The correlation between the expected return and the market capitalization of these stocks is:

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Question 25

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Question 26

When all investors correctly interpret and use their own information,as well as information that can be inferred from market prices or the trades of others,they are said to have:

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Question 27

Use the equation for the question(s)below.Consider the following factor specification: E[Rs] - rf = (E[RMkt] - rf)+ E[RSMB] + E[RHML] + E[RPR1 YR] -The term measures the sensitivity of the securities' returns to:

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Question 28

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. Assume that the CAPM is a good description of stock price returns. The market expected return is 8% with 12% volatility and the risk-free rate is 3%. New information arrives that does not change any of these numbers, but it does change the expected returns of the following stocks: -The expected alpha for Taggart Transcontinental is closest to:

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Question 29

Use the following information to answer the question(s) below. Assume that the CAPM is a good description of stock price returns. The market expected return is 8% with 12% volatility and the risk-free rate is 3%. New information arrives that does not change any of these numbers, but it does change the expected returns of the following stocks: -The expected alpha for Wyatt Oil is closest to:

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Question 30

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Question 31

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. All amounts are in millions. -If the risk-free rate is 3% and the market risk premium is 5%,then the CAPM's predicted expected return for Nielson Motors is closest to:

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Question 32

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. All amounts are in millions. -If the risk-free rate is 3% and the market risk premium is 5%,then the CAPM's predicted expected return for Wyatt Oil is closest to:

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Question 33

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Question 34

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Question 35

Various trading strategies appear to offer non-zero alphas when we examine real world data.If indeed these alphas are positive,it could be explained by any of the following EXCEPT:

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Question 36

If investors believe that others have superior information which they can take advantage of by copying their trades,this can lead to:

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Question 37

Use the table for the question(s)below. Consider the following information regarding the Fama-French-Carhart four factor model: -Using the FFC four factor model and the historical average monthly returns,the expected monthly return for IBM is closest to:

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Question 38

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

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Question 39

Use the equation for the question(s)below.Consider the following regression model: Rs - rf = as + (RF1 - rf)+ (RF2 - rf)+ ε_s -The term ε_s is a(n):

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Exam 13: Investor Behavior and Capital Market Efficiency

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Use the equation for the question(s)below.Consider the following factor specification: E[Rs] - rf = (E[RMkt] - rf)+ E[RSMB] + E[RHML] + E[RPR1 YR] -The term measures the sensitivity of the securities' returns to:

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. All amounts are in millions. -The correlation between the expected return and the market capitalization of these stocks is:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

When all investors correctly interpret and use their own information,as well as information that can be inferred from market prices or the trades of others,they are said to have:

Use the equation for the question(s)below.Consider the following factor specification: E[Rs] - rf = (E[RMkt] - rf)+ E[RSMB] + E[RHML] + E[RPR1 YR] -The term measures the sensitivity of the securities' returns to:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. All amounts are in millions. -If the risk-free rate is 3% and the market risk premium is 5%,then the CAPM's predicted expected return for Nielson Motors is closest to:

Use the following information to answer the question(s)below. All amounts are in millions. -If the risk-free rate is 3% and the market risk premium is 5%,then the CAPM's predicted expected return for Wyatt Oil is closest to:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Various trading strategies appear to offer non-zero alphas when we examine real world data.If indeed these alphas are positive,it could be explained by any of the following EXCEPT:

If investors believe that others have superior information which they can take advantage of by copying their trades,this can lead to:

Use the table for the question(s)below. Consider the following information regarding the Fama-French-Carhart four factor model: -Using the FFC four factor model and the historical average monthly returns,the expected monthly return for IBM is closest to:

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

Use the equation for the question(s)below.Consider the following regression model: Rs - rf = as + (RF1 - rf)+ (RF2 - rf)+ εs -The term εs is a(n):

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Use the equation for the question(s)below.Consider the following regression model: Rs - rf = as + (RF1 - rf)+ (RF2 - rf)+ ε_s -The term ε_s is a(n):